Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300196989 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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interwoven Globe: a world-class winner A "knock your socks off" accomplishment the New York Times has deemed "Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade 1500-1800," an exhibition that opens next week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And the same might be said of the catalogue that MMA has released to accompany the show.The exhibition at MMA presents 160 or so rarely seen but exquisite textiles and garments as well as related documentary material, but this statistic on. Less is not necessarily more C. Carroll The textile show now at the Metropolitan in New York is said to be an astonishing trove of textiles used in room decoration, clothing, and so on. Well, I'm stuck here in Washington State for the time being; so I bought this volume, hoping to see the workmanship and details of design in the photographs.While the educational text has been preserved in this volume, the photos are small and ineffective, too small to allow the reader to se. "Fantastic Book for All Lovers of Textiles" according to Meg Cox. This exhibit was one of the most amazing history lessons I ever experienced. I went twice to see it at the Metropolitan Museum and still felt there was a lot more to see. The curator, Amelia Peck, did an outstanding job of using exquisite and rarely seen textiles to show how decorative styles moved around the world during the early years of global trade. Each of the 9 galleries had a particular focus, and not just the expected ones --
Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation created a vigorous textile trade, and a breathtaking variety of textile designs subsequently spread across the globe. Interwoven Globe is the first book to analyze these textiles within the larger history of trade and design. Trade textiles blended the traditional designs, skills, and tastes of their cultures of origin, with new techniques learned through global exchange, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. Essential to this exchange was the trade in highly valued natural dyes and dye products, underscoring the influence of global exploration on the aesthetics and production techniques of textiles, and the resulting fashion for the "exotic.". From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas. Richly illustrated texts explore the interrelationship of textiles, commerce, and taste from the age of discovery to the 19th century, including a detailed discussion of 120 illuminating works
"A magnificent catalog."—Roberta Smith, New York Times